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Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - Northern Chile on Monday, 23 March 2015

Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - 126 km east of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile, on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 04:51 GMT

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Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - 126 km east of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile, on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 04:51 GMT Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - 126 km east of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile, on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 04:51 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 118 km depth

23 Mar 04:57 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
Mar 23 06:10: Magnitude recalculated from 6.3 to 6.4.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 99.0 to 118.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & timeMar 23, 2015 04:51:37 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6.4
Depth118.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude18.4°S / 69.11°W (Provincia de Parinacota, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile)
Antipode18.4°N / 110.89°E
Shaking intensityModerate shaking
Felt5 reports
Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcanoGuallatiri (26 km / 16 mi)
Nearby towns and cities126 km (78 mi) E of Arica (pop: 186,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
128 km (80 mi) ESE of Tacna (Peru) (pop: 280,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
142 km (88 mi) SE of Tarata (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 3,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
154 km (96 mi) SE of Chipispaya (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 1,930) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
158 km (98 mi) SE of Chuquitira (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 4,220) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
171 km (106 mi) SE of Quilahuani (Tacna, Peru) (pop: 3,180) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
181 km (112 mi) SW of Patacamaya (Aroma, La Paz, Bolivia) (pop: 12,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
184 km (114 mi) SE of Ilabaya (Jorge Basadre, Tacna, Peru) (pop: 9,490) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
233 km (145 mi) SE of San Antonio (Moquegua, Peru) (pop: 15,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
235 km (146 mi) SE of Moquegua (Peru) (pop: 54,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released2.5 x 1014 joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.4118 kmNorthern ChileGFZ
6.4132 km TARAPACA, CHILEEMSC
6.4121 km48km ESE of Putre, ChileUSGS
6.3121 km39 km al SE de PutreGUG (U. Chile)
6.4120 kmESE of Putre ChileGeoAu
6.2125 kmPeruIGP

User reports for this quake (11)

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tacna peru / not felt
Arequipa, Peru / Very strong shaking (MMI VII)
tacna / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Tacna / Violent shaking (MMI IX)
Arica, chile / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Wena  
arica / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Arequipa (Peru, 329 km NW of epicenter) : En Arequipa, Perú se sintió fuerte. El temblor movió las ventanas y alarmó a la población que ya se encontraba durmiendo. (reported through EMSC)  
La Paz (Bolivia, 243 km NE of epicenter) : Strong enough to wake us up in La Paz but quite fast (reported through EMSC)  
Arequipa (Peru, 330 km NW of epicenter) : It was shaking a bit and the windows were rattling and it lasted for just one minute (reported through EMSC)  
Tacna (Peru, 117 km W of epicenter) : No se cortó la luz, hubo bastante sonido tambien. (reported through EMSC)  
Arica (Chile, 116 km W of epicenter) : como el pico el mapa! fue en putre y en chile le falta un ajuste a esta weaaa! bueno estoy en Arica mucho ruido y bastante movimiento pero todo bien. (reported through EMSC)  

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (41 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth		LocationDetails
Sep 18, 2015 13:01
8 years ago
3.8

135 km		89 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 17, 2015 11:32
8 years ago
3.2

128 km		131 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 17, 2015 07:45
8 years ago
3.2

13 km		132 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 14, 2015 16:15
8 years ago
3.0

114 km		141 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Sep 13, 2015 17:56
8 years ago
3.4

104 km		76 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 9, 2015 23:31
8 years ago
2.9

104 km		76 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 8, 2015 12:41
8 years ago
3.8

100 km		43 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Sep 5, 2015 22:00
8 years ago
3.3

110 km		140 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Aug 22, 2015 02:00
8 years ago
3.1

118 km		145 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Jul 27, 2015 13:29
8 years ago
2.9

108 km		Tarapaca, 126 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jul 16, 2015 06:49
8 years ago
2.9

108 km		79 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jul 13, 2015 21:28
8 years ago
3.6

132 km		66 km NE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jul 11, 2015 17:21
8 years ago
3.0

102 km		151 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Jul 8, 2015 11:46
8 years ago
3.3

120 km		135 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Jul 6, 2015 20:03
8 years ago
2.5

120 km		Tarapaca, 151 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jul 6, 2015 02:56
8 years ago
3.1

86 km		49 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jul 5, 2015 05:42
8 years ago
4.2

102 km		112 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jun 21, 2015 15:08
8 years ago
3.2

119 km		40 km E of Tacna, PeruMore
Jun 20, 2015 08:48
8 years ago
3.3

140 km		176 km SW of La Paz, BoliviaMore
Jun 18, 2015 15:42
8 years ago
3.5

110 km		140 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Jun 11, 2015 23:19
8 years ago
2.9

127 km		87 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Jun 5, 2015 03:07
8 years ago
2.9

100 km		81 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 29, 2015 13:49
8 years ago
2.7

101 km		99 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 23, 2015 12:54
8 years ago
4.6

108 km		127 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 19, 2015 14:59
8 years ago
3.1

127 km		Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile, 98 km E of Tacna, PeruMore
May 19, 2015 00:57
8 years ago
3.3

107 km		147 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
May 18, 2015 01:51
8 years ago
3.7

96 km		107 km SE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 15, 2015 19:52
8 years ago
3.8

131 km		76 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 14, 2015 13:45
8 years ago
3.6

149 km		87 km NE of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 7, 2015 05:33
8 years ago
4.7

133 km		108 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
May 6, 2015 23:00
8 years ago
3.4

117 km		133 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Apr 25, 2015 12:58
8 years ago
4.2

96 km		138 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Apr 21, 2015 17:43
8 years ago
3.1

118 km		106 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Apr 17, 2015 17:08
8 years ago
3.6

115 km		101 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Apr 17, 2015 10:23
8 years ago
3.2

89 km		32 km E of Tacna, PeruMore
Apr 9, 2015 10:57
8 years ago
4.1

131 km		56 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Apr 8, 2015 07:22
8 years ago
3.7

122 km		159 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Apr 3, 2015 15:58
8 years ago
3.1

76 km		35 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Mar 28, 2015 01:19
8 years ago
3.6

110 km		139 km NE of Iquique, Tarapaca, ChileMore
Mar 24, 2015 00:29
8 years ago
4.7

142 km		91 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore
Mar 23, 2015 09:59
8 years ago
2.9

124 km		101 km E of Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, ChileMore

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